Ventilating window mechanism



Sept. 8, 1936. A. P. BALL VENTILATING WINDOW MECHANISM Filed Nov. 8, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 R. 0. ma Wd 15 P w Z H Given. 9-

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Patented Sept. 8, 1936 UNITED STATES VENTILATING WINDOW DIECHANISM Albert P. Ball, Detroit, Mich., assignor, by mesne assignments, to Automobile Ventilation, Inc., Detroit, Mich., a corporation of Michigan Application November 8, 1934, Serial No. '752,146

21 Claims.

'Ihis invention relates to Ventilating windows for vehicle bodies, particularly automobile bodies of the type wherein a window opening in the side or door of the body is provided with a window glass adapted to be raised and lowered therein and also adjusted into position to provide a ventilating slot or opening at one upright edge of the glass.

An object of the present invention is to'provide a Ventilating window of the foregoing type wherein the structure, including the Window operating mechanism, may be considerably improved and simplified and thereby rendered materially more economical to manufacture.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved vehicle door or side window having a window glass mounted to move vertically or substantially so and wherein the glass is adapted to be tilted or oscillated angularly in its plane when in raised position within the window opening to produce or close a Ventilating slot at an upright edge of the glass, preferably the forward edge, whereby air may be exhausted, during the forward travel of the vehicle, from the interior of the body through the Ventilating slot when the glass is in Ventilating position.

A further object of the invention isv to provide improved window regulator mechanism connected to the lower edge of the glass of a Ventilating window of the above mentioned type, said mechanism being operable to raise and lower the glass and also to tilt the glass, when raised, into and out of position to provide the Ventilating slot.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description and appended claims when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specication wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts in the several views.

In said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevation, partly in section, illustrating a front door of an automobile body embodying the present invention.-

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken substantially along the line 2 2 of Fig. Lv

Fig. 3 is a. horizontal section taken substantially along the line 3--3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken substantially along the line lI--d of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken substantially along the line 5 5 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary elevation, partly in of being practiced or carried out in various ways. l0

Also it is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purposev of description and not of limitation, and it is not intended to limit the invention claimed herein beyond the requirements of the prior art.

In the drawings there is illustrated, by way of exampl-e, an automobile front door having a window glass mounted therein and adapted to be elevated by a regulator mechanism into position within the window opening of the door, and to be shifted by said mechanism when in elevated position to provide a Ventilating slot between an upright edge of the glass and the adjacent door pillar. The regulator mechanism is thus operative to shift the window glass into open or closed positions and to tilt or oscillate the glass angularly in its plane to produce or close a Ventilating slot at one upright edge of the glass.

As shown in the drawings, the door comprises a front pillar I0 and a rear pillar II connected at their upper ends by the usual header I2. The door also comprises an outer metal panel I3 and an inner metal panel I4 provided with a garnish molding I4a, these panels forming a well within the door for receiving the Window glass when lowered. Mounted in the front pillar I is a felted glass channel member I5 and in the rear pillar II there is mounted a felted glass channel member I'I, there being a connecting channel member I6 located in the header I2. These cooperating felted channel members provide seats and guides for the upright and top edges of the window glass I8. The rear or inner upright edge of the glass is preferably cut so as to extend at an angle to its bottom edge as at Ilia, which angle is herein shown as greater than a right angle. The inner or rear upper edge of the glass is preferably bevelled or cutaway at I8b and the top edge of the glass is curved at I 8c to conform to the curvature of the channel members I5 and I6 and likewise to conform to the shape or contour of the window reveal. Toward its lower forward edge the glass is cut at IBd to provide a straight guiding edge, and terminates in a lower forward rounded corner portion I8e which, as

shown in Figs. 1 and 6, engages the inwardly and downwardly sloping portion |9 of the channel or glass runway I5. Thus the runway portion I9 serves as a support for the forward lower corner |8e of the glass. 'Ihe straight angular edge |8a and the straight bevelled portion |8b, parallel thereto, permit the glass to be tilted or oscillated angularly in its plane when in raised position in the window opening, as clearly shown in Fig. 6, in which position a Ventilating slot 40 is provided at the forward upright edge of the glass. The front runway or channel is extended downwardly in a substantially vertical plane to provide a relatively shallow channel portion 20. The rear channel is similarly extended downwardly to provide a shallow portion 2|. 'I'he channels 20 and 2| together serve to guide the window glass during the lower portion of its travel, and during this time the parallel edges |8a. and ,|8d of the glass engage and are guided by the parallel vertical runways 20 and 2|.

'I'he window regulator mechanism for raising and lowering the glass and for tilting or oscillating it angularly in its plane when in raised position may be of any suitable construction. In the present embodiment, by way of example, it comprises a mounting plate 22 secured by a plurality of screws 22a or other suitable means, to a lock board on the inside of the door well. The plate 22 carries a pair of intermeshing gears 23 and 24 which are journaled on the plate by means of pivots 23a and 24a, respectively. The gears are rotated by means of a pinion 25 operated by a handle 26. Secured to the pivot 23a is a swinging arm 21 and secured to the pivot 24a is another swinging arm 28, these arms being swung in opposite directions upon rotation of the gears. Secured to the outer end of the arm 21 is a stud or button-like device 29 having a shank riveted to the end of the arm (Fig. 4). To the outer end of the arm 28 there is secured another stud or button-like device 3U having its shank riveted to the end of the arm. Along the lower edge of the glass I8 there is fastened a glass retainer member including a felted channel 3| having adjacent one end a plate 32 preferably spot-welded to one face of the channel (see Fig. 4) and having a forwardly ilanged wall providing with the bottom of the channel 3| a runway or slot 33 for the stud 29. Adjacent the opposite or inner end of the felted channel 3| there is provided a depending plate 34 secured to the channel preferably by spot-welding (Fig. 5). The lower end of the plate 34 is flanged at 34a, this flange cooperating with a similar flange 35 formed on a small plate preferably spot-welded to the face of the plate 34 to provide therebetween a runway shown as a whole at 36 to receive and guide the button-like device or stud 30. It is to be noted that the runways 33 and 36 have constricted necks forming upper and lower tapered faces engaged by the tapered sides of the studs 29 and 3U, and that the members 3| and 32 of one runway and the corresponding members 34a and 35 of the other runway, have outwardly flared bearing portions which are engaged by conical springpressed washers (see Fig. 4). From this construction it will be seen that when the arms 21 and 28 are swung relatively to each other, the studs 29 and 30 will slide in the runways 33 and 36.

It is to be noted that the runways or retainer members 32 and 36 are in the present embodiment angularly related with respect to one another. Moreover, the runway or retainer member 36 has angularly related portions, the forward or idle portion being curved at 36a and merging into and cooperating with a straight guideway portion 36h extending at a predetermined angle to the guideway portion 32.

When the handle 26 is turned in a clockwise direction, the arms 21 and 28 will be swung from their positions of Fig. 1 outwardly with respect to one another, during which movement the studs 29 and 30 travel in their respective retainer members or runways. During the travel of the stud 30 in the curved lost-motion portion 36a of the retainer member, the arm 28 is ineffective to change the vertical position of the glass |8, but will at all times provide a point of support for the glass. Therefore, on the initial outward relative movement of the arms 21 and 28, the arm 21 serves to tilt or oscillate the glass angularly in its plane so as to tilt its forward edge downwardly providing a Ventilating slot 4|) along the curved edge |8c of the glass. During this tilting movement the forward lower corner 8e of the glass is guided and supported by the portion I9 of the channel or runway, whereby the glass I8 is supported at three separate points. During this angular movement of the glass in its plane it will be seen that the rear edge |8a of the glass will be forced rearwardly so as to penetrate the deep runway |1 to the full depth thereof, the edge I8a engaging the bottom of the runway in line with the channel 2| and the edge |8d being alined with the channel 20, see Fig. 6. It has been found that the glass actually oscillates about an imaginary center point approximately at X in Fig. 1, at which point no longitudinal displacement of the glass occurs when it is tilted into and out of Ventilating position. On further movement of the arms 21 and 28 in the same direction, the stud 30 enters the straight portion 36h of the runway or retainer, whereupon the continued outward movement of the arms serves to lower the glass into the door well, the glass remaining in its tilted or ventilating position while being lowered and after it reaches its lowered position, as seen in broken lines, Fig. 6. The channels 20 and 2| serve to guide the front and rear parallel edges of the glass during its downward movement.

The glass I 8 is elevated by operating the handle in a counter-clockwise direction, whereupon the studs 29 and 30 travelling in their respective runways of the retainer member move the glass upwardly while it remains in its tilted position until the stud 30 enters the curved portion 36a of the runway. The arm 28 now on further movement, with the stud 30 travelling in the idle or curved slot portion 36a, is ineiective to change the vertical position of the glass but the continued movement of the other arm 21 toward the arm 28 tilts or oscillates the glass angularly in its plane about the imaginary center until its forward and top edges engage the felt lined channel of the window reveal to close the Ventilating slot 48.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided an improved regulator mechanism which is relatively simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture and one which effects the combined upward and downward sliding movement of the glass and also an oscillation angularly thereof in its plane to close and open a Ventilating slot at one of its upright edges.

I claim:

1. Regulator mechanism for a vehicle body having a side window opening and a window glass adapted to close said opening, comprising means connected to the glass for raising and lowering the same in a substantially straight-line path and for tilting said glass in its plane to provide a Ventilating opening at one upright edge of the glass when in raised position.

2. Regulator mechanism for a vehicle body having a side window opening and a window glass adapted to close said opening, comprising means connected to the glass for raising and lowering the same in substantially a straight-line path and for tilting said glass in its plane to provide a Ventilating opening at one upright edge of the glass when in raised position, and a single manual control for said means.

3. Regulator mechanism for a vehicle body having a side window opening and a window glass adapted to close said opening, including a pair of swinging arms connected to the lower edge of the glass for raising and lowering the same, gearing for moving said arms, means for driving said gearing, and means cooperating with an arm for tilting the glass in its plane to produce or close a Ventilating opening at the forward edge of the glass when in a raised position.

4. A vehicle body having a side window opening and a. sliding window glass mounted therein and adapted to close said opening when in predetermined elevated position, regulator mechanism comprising means for raising and lowering said glass in said opening in substantially a rectilinear path and for tilting said glass in its plane when raised into and out of position to provide a Ventilating slot at the forward upright edge of the glass.

5. In a vehicle body 'having a window frame provided with glass runways, a window glass slidable upwardly and downwardly in said runways, a window regulatorcornprising a pair of swinging arms, retainer means secured to the lower edge of the glass and connected to said arms, means for swinging said arms to raise and lower the window, and means carried by said retainer means and cooperating with a part of said regulater for tilting the glass in its plane when raised into and out of position to provide a Ventilating slot between the forward edge of the glass and one of said glass runways.

6. In a vehicle body having a side Window opening and a sliding window glass mounted therein and adapted to close said opening, a window regulator connected to the lower edge of the glass for moving the glass into fully elevated position with a Ventilating slot provided at the forward edge of the glass when in said position, and means cooperating with said regulator for tilting the glass in its plane to close said igntilating slot upon further operation of said regulator in its closing direction.

7. Regulator mechanism for a vehicle body having a side window opening and a window glass adapted to close said opening, comprising a. pair of swinging arms having substantially a uniform rate of travel connected to the lower edge of the glass for raising and lowering the same, intermeshing gears carried by said arms for moving the arms, means for driving said gears, and means cooperating with an arm for tilting the glass in its plane to produce or close a Ventilating opening at the forward edge oi the glass when in a raised position.

8. Regulator mechanism for a vehicle body having a side window opening and a window glass adapted to close said opening, comprising regulator mechanism including swinging arms having substantially a uniform rate of travel for raising and lowering the glass, gearing for swinging said arms, manually Icontrolled means for operating said gearing, and means carried by the glass and cooperating with one o i said arms for oscillating the glass in its plane when raised to provide or close a Ventilating opening at the forward edge of the glass.

9. In a vehicle body having a side window opening and a sliding window glass mounted therein and adapted to close said opening, a window regulator connected to the lower edge of the glass for moving the glass into fully elevated position with a Ventilating slot provided at the forward edge of the glass when in said position. and means secured to the lower edge of the glass and cooperating with said regulator for tilting the glass in its plane to close said Ventilating slot upon further operation of said regulator in its closing direction.

10. The combination in a vehicle body of a window frame having a window opening and a well therebelow, a window glass, regulator mechanism for moving the glass into and out of said opening and said well, means for guiding opposite upright side edges of the glass, and means on the glass cooperating with a part of .said mechanism for oscillating the glass in its plane when raised into or out of position to provide a ventilating opening at the forward upright edge of the glass.

11. The combination in a Vehicle body of a Window frame having a window opening and a` well therebelow, a window glass, regulator mechanism for moving the glass into and out of said opening and said well, means for guiding opposite upright side edges of the glass, said mechanism including a swinging arm, gearing for swinging the arm, a manual control for operating said gearing, and means cooperating with a part on said arm for tilting the glass in its plane to produce or close a Ventilating opening at the forward upright edge of the glass.

12. The combination in a vehicle body of a window frame having a window opening and a well therebelow, a window glass, regulator mechanism for moving the glass into and out of said opening and said well, means for guiding opposite upright side edges of the glass, said mechanism including a pair of swinging arms, gearing connected to said arms for swinging them, manually controlled means for driving said gearing, and a retainer secured to the lower edge of the glass and having angularly related guide portions cooperating with devices on said arms for swinging the glass in its piane to produce or close a ventilating opening at the forward upright edge of the glass.

13. In a vehicle body having a window opening and a glass slidable upwardly and downwardly relative to said opening and means for guiding opposite upright edges of the glass during such travel, retainer means secured to the lower edge of the glass, a `'regulator having swinging arms movable in guideways in said retainer means, said guideways being out of alinement during predetermined upward and downward movement of the glass.

14. In a vehicle body having a window opening and a glass slidable upwardly and downwardly relative to said opening and means for guiding opposite upright edges of the glass during such travel. retainer means secured tothe lower edge of the glass, and a regulator having swinging arms movable in. guideways in said retainerI means, said guideways being out of alinement during predetermined upward and downward movement of the glass and one having a portion cooperating with one arm to permit the other arm to tilt the glass in its plane at a predetermined time.

15. In a vehicle body having a window opening and a glass slidable upwardly and downwardly rela-tive to said opening and means for guiding ,opposite upright edges of the glass during such travel, retainer means secured to the lower edge of the glass, and a regulator having swinging arms movable in guideways in said retainer means, said guideways being out of alinement during predetermined upward and downward movement 'of the glass and one having a portion cooperating with one arm to provide asubstantial lost motion. thereof thereby to permit the other arm to tilt the glass in its plane when raisedto producevor close a Ventilating opening.

16. In a vehicle body having a window opening, a rearwardly curved relatively shallow front glass channel, and a rear relatively deep glass channel; a window glass having its rear upright edge inclined relative to the lower edge thereof at an angle greater than ninety degrees, and means for oscillating the glass in its planewithin said opening to produce or close a Ventilating opening between the forward edge of the glass and the shal` low glass channel while varying the depth of penetration of the rear edge in said deep glass channel.

1'7. In a vehicle body having a window opening, a rearwardly curved relatively shallow front glass channel, and a rear relatively deep glass channel; a window glass having its rear upright edge inclined relative to the lower edge thereof at an angle greater than ninety degrees, means for oscillating the glass in its plane Within said opening to produce or close a Ventilating opening between the forward edge of the glass and the shallow glass channel while varying the depth of penetration of the rear edge in said deep glass channel, and means for lowering the glass with the lower edge thereof maintained at an angle to the horizontal.

18. In a vehicle body provided with a side window opening having a rearwardly curved forward upright edge and a single window glass adapted to fully close said opening, and means for raising and lowering the glass and for swinging said glass in its plane when in fully raised position to produce or close a Ventilating slot along said forward upright edge of the glass, the window opening 4being otherwise closed by said glass.

19. In a vehicle body provided with a side window opening having a rearwardly and upwardly sloping forward edge and a. Window glass adapted to close said opening and adapted to be raised and lowered, means for swinging said glass in its plane when in fully raised position to produce or close a Ventilating slot along said forward edge of the glass, the window opening being otherwise closed by said glass along the top thereof in rear of said sloping edge and also along its rear upright edge.

20. In a vehicle body provided with a side window opening having a rearwardly and upwardly sloping forward edge and a window glass adapted to close said opening, means for swinging said glass in its plane when in fully raised position to produce or close a Ventilating slot along said forward edge of the glass, the window opening being otherwise closed by said glass along the top thereof in rear of said sloping edge and also along its rear upright edge, means forming a part of said first named means for raising and lowering said glass, and a single manual control for both of said means.

21. Regulator mechanism for a vehicle body having a window glass guided for substantially vertical movement into and out of closed position, including a pair of swinging arms for raising and lowering the glass in substantially a straight-line path, a pair of intermeshed gears connected to said arms for swinging the same, manually operable means for driving said gears, and a retainer member carried by the lower edge of said glass, said retainer member having a trackway engageable by one of said arms for swinging the glass substantially in its plane when in raised position to produce or close a Ventilating slot at the forward edge of the glass.

ALBERT P. BALL. 

